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Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les...
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Pirates.- Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier) Histoire des Avanturiers qui se sont signalez dans les Indes..., 2 vol. in 1, additional engraved title to vol. 1, 3 folding engraved maps, 4 engraved illustrations, of which 3 full-page, first map with few very short tears at folds with skilful repairs to verso, few tiny marginal nicks or tears, occasional very faint marginal damp-staining, some light offsetting, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spine label lettered in gilt, lightly toned, lower cover little rubbed, overall a good copy, [Sabin 23476], 12mo, Paris, Jacques le Febure, 1688.
*** The second French edition of the first extensive account of the pirates of the West Indies, first published in Amsterdam in 1678.
Provenance: Charles B. Driscoll (bookplate); Wichita City Library Driscoll Piracy Collection (bookplate to front free endpaper).
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